* Idosa's P.O.V *
"You are a witch, Idosa." Professor Longbottom said and smiled.
"I am a what?" Idosa said shocked still looking at the letter. She couldn`t quite understand what he was saying. "You are witch, a powerful witch. Your parents were very good at magic and especially dark." Professor Longbottom explained to her.
She couldn`t believe she was a witch. And her parents where dark? "Sir, did you know my parents?" Idosa asked the professor. "No, but my parents did." Mr Longbottom said as his eyes went to the floor. "Sir?" Idosa asked him. "I am sorry, but we need to go to the Diagon Alley Ms," He said as he stood up and smiled. "Pack your things and I'll meet you in the lobby." He turned around, went out and shut the door.
Idosa was still shocked. "Where was he taking her? Could she trust him?" She thought to herself as she packed all of her drawings and her drawing stuff in her Dark Green bag.
When Idosa was finished she walked down the stairs to see the professor shaking hands with Mrs Wool. "Take care of her, sir." Mrs Wool said to him "She will be one hundred per cent save at the school, I promise." He said and gave her a big smile so his beaver teeth popped out. "Ready?" He said and smiled towards me. "Yes," she said as she dragged her left hand thru her short, curly hair.
When they was outside of the building Professor Longbottom looked to the right and left. "Take my arm, and hold it tight," he said as his elbow reaches towards her. "What?" she said stared at the professor. "Trust me" he said and took Idosa's hand on his arm and with a pop they was gone. Idosa felt as if her insides were pressed together. Her lungs felt punctured and it was impossible to breath. Just as she started to panic, it all stopped.
They were in a colourful alley filled with people. Professor Longbottom laughed at Idosa's shocked face. "Where are we?" Idosa asked looking at the different buildings. "We are in Diagon Alley, miss. We are going to get everything you'll need for school," he said and started to walk. "But sir, I don't have any money," Idosa said trying to catch up with his fast walk. "The Order has saved some money for you," he said. "The order?" Idosa asked. "But sir?" He didn't answer but pulled a letter out of his pocket. "Uhhmm, yes. Toad, rat, or a cat?" He asked Idosa. "I am just shocked, sir. I am just a bit confused." He looked down at her and stopped. "I have all you need. But we need you an animal and a wand." He said started to walk again.
"Ahh, Olivanders." Mr. Longbottom walked in and Idosa followed. "Neville, my friend." A male voice said behind the counter. He stood up. He was tall and skinny, with messy brown hair. The shop was huge, a bit dusty but cosy. "Athur, my little friend here, Miss LeStrange, are going to have her first wand." When Mr. Longbottom said `little` Idosa gave him a death glare. Athur widened his eyes. "Neville, may I talk to you in in the backroom?" Athur said. Mr. Longbottom nodded and went at him.
"Is that Bellatrix LeStrange` s daughter?" Athur whisper. "Mr. Longbottom nodded. "What happened to your father is not her fault. Idosa doesn't even know her parents. She just found out that she is a witch," Mr Longbottom whispered. Athur nodded. "I am sorry, but the loss of my father broke my heart." Mr. Longbottom putted his hand on his shoulder. "I understand," Mr. Longbottom smiled. "I know the perfect wand for her already!" Athur said back with a smile. He mumbled something that sounded like: "Just a real LeStrange can handle such a powerful core." Idosa was still standing alone by the counter. Athur came back with Mr Longbottom to the counter with the wand.
"Here we have it, dragon blood core, walnut, 12 inches." It had a light grey colour. Athur took it out with care and gave it carefully to Idosa. The wand was a bit crooked. "Your mother had just the same, just with dragon heartstring, and it was black." Athur said, faking a smile. Idosa didn't understand but nodded as she looked at it. "Flick it" Mr. Longbottom said. "Okay?" she said, looking confused. She just swayed it carefully and then a light came out of nowhere. "Uhm, what happened?" Idosa asked, looking at the smiling Professor. "The wand chooses the Witch, Idosa," Mr Longbottom said. Idosa still looked confused. She putted the wand down. "Be careful with it," Athur said and put the wand into the box. "Thanks Athur, we need to go. She has a train to catch up with." Mr Longbottom shook hands with Athur. "Thank you, sir," Idosa said taking the box of the counter.
"Eeylops Owl Emporium next," Mr. Longbottom said when they were outside the shop. Idosa, nodded. They started to walk again. "Sir?" Idosa asked. "Yes." He said and smiled. "I heard you whispered in the backroom. And if you don't mind sir-" Mr Longbottom interrupted her. "I will tell you about it when we arrive at the school. Under four ears," he said and walked between the crowds. "Right there." He pointed.
They walked into the store. There were owls, cats, rats and loads of other animals everywhere. The shop was extremely well cleaned.
"Hello, what can I help you with?" A woman dressed in blue popped out of nowhere. She had blonde, curly hair tied up in a messy bun and had small round classes on her noes. "I want a cat, madam." Idosa answered, polite but still very shy. "We have a Italian Spidersnitch, a Norwegian Snowloop, a Australian Greenflyer," she said and smiled the biggest smile Idosa had ever laid her eyes upon. "The Italian Spidersnitch." Idosa said. She always liked Italy. She has never been there, but remembered all the books she has read and pictures she has seen. "We have only one left, so that's perfect. Just a minute and I will get him." The woman said and went into the shop. After a while she returned with a small kitten. The kitten had black, thick fur and one big, icy blue eye "Here he is. This little poor thing has only one eye," she said, putting him on the desk. "He is perfect," Idosa said, patting the little black creature. She smiled. " I will get the cage and some food." She said and disappeared once again. Idosa took him in her arms. "He is cute," Mr Longbottom said, smiling his toothy smile. "I remember when I was here, I bought my toad Trevor. I lost him all the time. Got me into trouble that toad." Mr Longbottom laughed. "Here we are dear" the woman said and putted the cage on the counter "Do you mind putting him in the cage?" she asked nicely. "He loves fishes, and mice and especially cat treats," she said and smiled as he gave Idosa some cat food. Professor Longbottom payed and they walked outside.
"Should I carry something?" Idosa asked looking at Mr. Longbottom who carried all of the things. "No. I'm fine. Now take my arm and we will get to kings cross," Mr Longbottom said, trying to get his elbow out to Idosa. A pop, and they were on their way once again.
* Nox Aurora's P.O.V *
Some days after Nox got her letter, Luna brought her to Diagon Alley to buy school supplies. They walked towards Olivanders to buy Nox's first wand. The store was big and cosy. The man who worked there was tall and skinny with messy brown hair. "Good morning Athur," Luna said with a big smile on her mouth like always "Ah, Good morning to you Mrs Longbottom," Athur answered and smiled back at Luna. "So, It's your turn - where did she go?" Athur looked around in the store but couldn't see Nox "Oh no," Athur said and looked up at Nox who was climbing the walls full or wands. "Nox Aurora Longbottom! Come back down here straight away! We do NOT touch what is not ours!" Luna said in an angry tone. Nox swung herself down from the wall looking at Athur. "Sorry," she mumbled, "Alright. Now for the wand!" Athur said quickly.
Nox tried out a lot of wands and broke a lot of stuff in Mr. Olivanders shop. Still looking for the one, Athur looked around in his shop "I wonder," he said and walked towards a quite empty shelf and pulled out a box. He took it back to Luna and Nox. Athur opened the box and gave Nox the wand. She gave the wand a flick and smiled "Yes, I thought so," Athur said "But that is quite strange, not many can control the power of that wand. We can expect great things from you Miss Longbottom."
Nox was a bit dizzy after the wand shopping, but she dragged her mom to outside the pet shop. "The letter said that I could bring a toad, a cat or an owl!" Nox said to Luna "I know love," Luna answered, "What do you want?" "I- I don't know," Nox said and looked in the window to see two blue eyes looking at her. She froze and stared into the blue eyes of whatever that animal was. "Are you okay, Nox?" her mom asked. She looked a bit confused. "Yeah, yeah, I'm alright," Nox answered and looked away from the window. She looked up at her mom and walked into the store. There were cats in all colours, owls staring at you when you walked in and toads making weird sounds. Her dad had toad, Trevor, so she did not want one of those! Luna walked around and looked at the animals, but Nox was looking for the blue eyes who had stared at her through the window, but she couldn't see any animal whit blue eyes in there, just orange and yellow.
She was starting to get annoyed and tired of all the animals. She walked over to the counter and looked at the woman behind it. "Excuse me?" Nox said, but the woman didn't even bother to look at her. "Excuse me!" Nox said again, even louder and this time. The woman turned around. "SHH!" She said and Nox gave her the death look. "As I was going to say," Nox started and the woman smiled. "Yes, what can I help you with?" she said loud enough for Nox to hear. She then mumbled: "Annoying kids these days." "I can hear you!" Nox said but then decided to ask about the blue eyes. "Do you have any animal with blue eyes?" she asked and looked behind the lady to see if there was an animal there, but no. "Yes, we have this one cat," the lady said. "But he doesn't like anyone so it's hard to sell him." The lady smiled "Can I see him?" Nox smiled and almost jumped over the counter. "Yes, just- just stay there, please! Madame?" Luna turned around and looked at the lady "Is this your daughter?" Luna smiled big. "Yes it is," Nox had never seen Luna angry ever. The lady smiled and walked into the backroom and when she came back she held a beautiful black cat with blue eyes. Only half the face and the paws were white. She handed the cat over to Nox. "He is PERFECT!" Nox screamed, "Mom? Can we buy him?" She jumped of excitement waiting for her mom to answer "Yes, if you want him," she answered. Nox smiled and hugged the cat tight to her face "I love you," she mumbled into his black fur.
After the shopping was done and Nox and Luna was on their way home, Nox was thinking of a name to her cat. "Maybe Moon," she said. "Hmm no, what about Yoru?" She asked her self. "Yes! Yoru, that means night in Japanese and you're as dark as the Night!" Nox said and hugged Yoru tight too her chest.
* Emma's P.O.V *
"Emma?" a soft voice said. Her eyes popped open, and she was out of bed in a second. She had forgotten to put on her glasses. Her hand stumbled around on the bedside table until she found them and put them on. "I'll be there," she said back. She put on the summer dress she wore the day before and ran downstairs. Hermione already had the brush ready and went through Emma's hair with it. "There you go," she said. "Everyone ready?" Everybody nodded. Hermione's eyes searched them all. "Rose, that skirt is the shortest I have ever seen!" Rose wore a black, simple skirt and a white top with blondes over the shoulders. "Relax, mom. I'll be back to the robe in a few days." Hermione sighed. "Well, you don't have time to change-" Her eyes moved to Hugo. "Brush your hair, boy!" Hugo rolled his eyes while Ron pointed at the clock. "We have to go, honey," he said calmly. Hermione reminded him an awful lot of his mother these days. "Alright." She handed him some floo powder and he walked towards the fireplace. "Emma, you go after me. Just toss the powder into the fireplace and walk into the flames-" Emma rolled her eyes at him. "I've done this before, dad."
Emma watched as her father tossed the powder and then walked into the green flames. "Diagon Alley," he said, and he was gone. Emma walked towards her mother and received a handful of powder. She walked towards the fireplace and took a deep breath. "Now remember, loud and clear," Hermione said, but Emma was already standing in the flames. "Diagon Alley," she said. She did not raise her voice, but spoke normally. She could see flashes of different places, all blurry and unclear. Suddenly, the flashes stopped and she stepped out of the fireplace.
Emma was standing in a bar. It was run down and old, with mismatching furniture and people everywhere. She spotted her father a few meters away and walked up to him. There was some ash in his hair and she pointed it out. "Impressive!" he said. He pretended to remove some ashes from her dress, but she knew it was clean. "Most people get completely covered the first couple times. Or end up in the wrong place." Emma had followed the others to Diagon Alley last year. This was the second time she had used the floo network. Rose appeared, tightly followed by Hugo. Emma laughed and started to brush ashes off Rose. She had some ashes here and there. Hugo was worse. He was almost covered. Hermione came out soon after. "Ready to go?" They started walking toward a door in the back of the area. It lead out to a little garden in the back, completely surrounded by brick walls. It was quite depressing. Ron pulled out his wand from his robe. He started tapping bricks with it. For a second, nothing happened. Then the bricks started pulling themselves back in a mechanical way. It created an archway into Emma's favourite place in the whole world.
The Weasley family entered the Diagon Alley. Emma loved it so much. Every single house had a different style. Some of them were new, some of them looked like they were about to fall down. Wizards were everywhere. Most of them wore robes, but a few children and students wore muggle clothing. Hugo currently wore his robe - he always did. Rose on the other side, preferred muggle clothes, mainly because they showed a lot more skin than the long robes. Emma herself changed it up. She mostly wore robes in the winter, but liked the muggle clothing whenever it was warm. She was getting a new robe for Hogwarts. Ron and Rose went towards Flourish and Blotts. Rose's robe still fit. The rest went into Madame Malkin's. A bell rang as they entered. Madame Malkins started measuring Emma. "What kind of animal do you want?" Hermione asked Emma as she was measured. "I'm not quite sure," she said. "Owls come in handy," Hugo said. He owned an owl himself. Rose had a tiny orange cat that matched her hair perfectly. "Well, yes, but there are school owls as well, aren't there?" Emma asked. Hugo nodded. "I think I will get an owl anyway," she decided. It would come in handy. Madame Malkins started measuring Hugo. "What are you most excited about?" Emma though good and long about it. "The classes." Hermione smiled. She had said the same before she started at Hogwarts.
They met up with Ron and Rose in the book store. They had already bought books for everyone. "Alright," Ron said. "Let's get Emma a wand then." The family went towards the door, but Emma found herself still in the bookstore. All the books caught her eyes. She touched them as she read the titles. She had always loved books so much. After a little while, she turned back towards the door. The others were waiting for her. They all walked out the door as they saw her coming, but there were so many people. Emma ended up behind. For a while, she could see Hermione's worried face looking for her. Emma tried running up to her, but there were too many people in between. Tears had filled her eyes. After a little while, she saw some redheads disappearing into a side road. She followed them, crossing her fingers. As she went further, the paths went thinner, there was fewer people, and it kept getting darker. Emma stopped. She had to turn around.
Just then, a conversation got to her. She was quite low and stood behind a trashcan. Whoever spoke couldn't see her. Their voices were low and hissed, but she was close enough to hear. "It's happened before," a voice said. It clearly belonged to a woman. It was thin and raspy. "But the security is a million times higher now," a man answered. Emma got a look of him above the trashcan. He had stubble and his hair was messy. His eyes were blank and red. "The death eaters always find a way." The man laughed. He didn't sound humorous or happy. It was more of an evil laughter, Emma thought to herself. "A way to escape high security Azkaban?" the man said. "Yes!" The woman hissed back. Just then, the man stared right at the trashcan. Emma's heart felt like jumping out of her chest as she ran all the way back. It felt further this time, but she barely breathed until she was back on the main road. She followed the road upwards until she spotted Olivander's wand shop up the street. She took a deep breath and walked inside.
Hermione, Hugo and Rose were inside. "Ron is out looking-" Hermione started, just as he came in behind Emma. "Thank god!" Ron said. "Where were you?" Emma was about to tell them, but something inside her refused her too. "I.. I looked for you in the different stores." Everyone raised their eyebrows, but nobody protested further. "So!" a loud voice said. A very skinny, very tall man came out from behind a shelf. His hair was brown and messy, extending down in front of his eyes. "A wand for the young woman?" Emma nodded slightly. "Yes, Athur," Ron said. Athur Olivander started searching the shelves and towers of black boxes. He came back with a long wand. "12 and 3/4, dragon skin core, vine." He handed it to her. "Give it a good flick," Athur said. Emma did. Twenty boxes or so fell down. Athur were fast to take it away from her. He went to get another.
A few wands later, big parts of the shop were destroyed. Athur picked up one of the boxes on the floor. He took out the wand and carefully handed it to Emma. She studied it. It had a cold, pale brown colour. Pieces of the wood twirled around it like leaves. It was beautiful. She flicked it carefully. Five of the boxes flew into the air. Everyone was gasping. Athur had already put the wand back into the box, but instead of putting it back, he walked behind the counter. "7 and 1/2 inch, unicorn hair, cherry." Ron payed for it and they walked outside.
They walked back towards the Diagon Alley entrance and stopped in a pet shop on the way. Emma looked around. There were cats in all colours, toads and owls. She went straight too the owls. One of them catches her eye. It was tiny and brown, partly white. "Can I get this one?" she asked. Hermione nodded. They got some food and a cage and went back into The Leaky Cauldron. "In just a few days." Emma though. "I'll be at Hogwarts."